Credit Unions Just Need To K.I.S.S.
by: George Pasley, Founder, iMazuma Okay, I'll admit it. I'm a huge Apple fan boy. This is being written on my MacBook. I've got my iPhone right beside me. Music is playing on my 160GB [...]
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Don’t Be the Pathetic in Apathetic: Time is Ripe for Advocacy
by: Mike Lawson, Principal, DML Communications & Host, CUbroadcast I interviewed NAFCU’s Director of Political Affairs Katie Marisic the other day about the organization’s upcoming 2012 Congressional Caucus, taking place September 11-14 in [...]
Preparing for Examinations: The CAMEL Rating
by: Shea Dittrich, Director Financial Institutions Group, Sageworks, Inc. A camel’s primary purpose for centuries was to carry tremendous loads for long journeys. Similarly, regulations, including the CAMEL rating, have been established to ensure [...]
Six Tips for Making Accountability Stick
by: Fred Johnson, President/CEO, CUES You can’t lead an organization of any significant size without getting pretty good at delegating tasks. And delegating successfully includes doing something difficult: holding people accountable for their [...]
A Reflective Celebration
by: Joe Day, Director of Publishing Operations, CUNA “Members Matter Most” – it’s time to let out the secret. Working for cooperatively owned financial institutions, we all know that every action we take at our [...]
Americans’ Retirement Confidence at Historically Low Levels
by: Dennis Zuehlke, Compliance Manager, Ascensus The proverbial three-legged stool of retirement is getting more wobbly than ever. Job insecurity, high debt levels, and lack of savings are keeping Americans' confidence in their ability to [...]
Creating a More Powerful Credit Union Campaign Marketing Strategy
by: Penne D. VanderBush, CeM, Marketing Development Coordinator, VSECU An effective campaign marketing strategy is tailored to the specific purpose of the campaign and the target audience. There are generalizations about what may work to [...]
Accessorize Your Member’s Loan
by: Stephanie Lutz, Management Analyst, CRI Solutions Imagine walking into a department store and finding that they had hidden away all of their accessories. The belts, cufflinks, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, and handbags are nowhere to [...]
Cupcakes, Coffee, Product Development and Pricing
I remember my mom making cupcakes. Opening up the Pillsbury cake mix, blending all the ingredients, filling up the little paper cupcake shells. Popping them into the oven. They are probably one of the easiest [...]
Getting off the MFOEL Merry-go-round – Blended Multi-featured Plans
by: Catherine Klimek, Senior Counsel with Securian Financial Group, Allied Solutions Allied Solutions has closely been following the recent guidance issued by the NCUA and its impact on credit unions. We’ve asked legal counsel [...]
Five Lessons Learned from 24 Hours of Twitter
by: Robbie Thompson, President/CEO, Credit Union Association of the Dakotas I do not profess to be a social media guru. A year ago I thought Foursquare was a just a game we played in [...]
Get Thousands at Your Credit Union’s Annual Meeting
by: Christopher Morris, Director of Communications, National Credit Union Foundation Last month I took my family to the annual Willy St. Co-Op Membership Meeting & Party and had a great time. We got a free [...]
When There’s a Credit Union on Every Corner…
by: Scott Butterfield, CUDE, CUCE, CCUE, Your Credit Union Partner I recently had the pleasure of rediscovering my hometown. While some things never change, many things have – including the number of credit unions dotting the [...]
The Who What When Where and Why’s of Social Networking
by: DeAndre Upshaw, Online Community Manager, Agency Entourage These days, everyone wants to go social. It's everywhere - bakeries on Facebook, tattoo parlors on Twitter and credit unions on Foursquare. This is a great step [...]
Dr. Seuss for Credit Unions 4: What Was I Scared Of?
by: Bo McDonald, President, Your Marketing Co A lesser-known work from Dr. Seuss is one of my favorites, What Was I Scared Of? It tells the tale of an unnamed character who repeatedly meets an [...]